Gantz /9

Gantz #9

by Hiroya Oku, Marc Bernabé (Translator), Verònica Calafell (Translator)

Kurono es teletransportado al tejado de un edificio donde tandrá que enfrentarse solo a una nueva misión. Sin embargo, el protagonista se encontrará con un enemigo difícil de doblegar... Unos días más tarde, un renacuajense se presentará en el instituto de Kurono. ¡La lucha contra los extraterrestres se traslada ahora a la vida cotidiana!

Genres: Manga, Comics, Seinen, Science Fiction, Horror, Action, Fiction

200 pages, Paperback

First published May 19, 2003

About the author

Hiroya Oku (奥浩哉 Oku Hiroya, born September 16, 1967 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka) is a mangaka who is the creator of Gantz, Zero-One and HEN, all of which have been serialized in Young Jump. He has finished working on his most renowned manga, Gantz, which began in July 2000. His manga often contain explicit violence and gore, as well as sexual situations.

He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the penname Yahiro Kuon.

He designed a character for Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 fighting game, Soulcalibur IV named Shura.

Reviews

[Tawfek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Did you just make kei lose all his points?
I wonder if he will get them back when he kills this last alien.
I found out while watching that Parasyte anime school scene, the whole scene is probably taken from gantz, maybe more then that maybe the whole idea came to the writer thanks to gantz!
I mean aliens living with us, and now that we know that the game is on all the time if you don't kill the aliens, its like parasyte but since gantz is older then parasyte then i know who is mimicking the other.

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Holy hell I forgot how good Gantz gets later. So spoilers for those who haven't read up until this point. Stop reading. Okay ready? Everyone is dead except Kei. He's trying to deal with it the best he could. Act like nothing matters to him. Except this time he's thrown into a hunt without ANY teammates. NO NEW ONES. He faces off against these ugly little dudes with big ass hands ready to whoop his ass. This volume breaks up that plus heading back to the real world. That's right this hunt is super short but action packed!

The second half involves Kei back in the real world pretty scared to go back into the world of Gantz. He just has had enough. Except these aliens or monsters aren't done with him yet. What happens when they cross into our world? OH SHIT!

What I liked: The fight between the new enemy is scary as hell. Kei is alone and we know this series doesn't mind killing off main characters. There's one moment in particular where I was like "Yep this is the end" but NOPE! We are saved. Also the classroom scene is...wow. I love the commentary on death too. Also the final few moments of this chapter are horrifying and wonderful.

What I didn't like. Some of the chapters feel so short because it just has Kei jumping from building to building. The first two chapters are insanely short and give off an impression this volume won't be that good.

Overall Gantz is hitting into high gear and you can see changes in Kei happening slowly. Sure he's still selfish prick but sometimes you see that shell break and see he cares. There's one moment too when he becomes a hero and it's pretty awesome. This is a high 4 out of 5 for me.

[Mykhailo Gasyuk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ось це так поворот!

Бійка Кея з прибульцями має наслідки у реальному світі. Власне, далі можуть бути лише спойлери, а цього разу я не стану переповідати сюжет. Це безумовно п’ятірка, а також величезний плюс в розвиток персонажа.

[Anna Quilter · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is so much here to digest..
An Ugly short alien follows our dubious hero back into the real world looking for revenge for what was done to its compatriot.
Well..who wouldn't?
Is Kurono changing? His usual "don't care about anyone else" demeanor is not so front and center now..so maybe.

[Carm · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m supposed to sympathize with this douche? 🤔

[Jesus Flores · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gantz 9

Aquí es la misión del alien polilla, con lo del cliffhanger del libro anterior.
Hay una escena que si dije, auch, pero luego…mmm.. decepción.
Y luego la conclusión, la verdad me sorprendió por cómo fue.
Esta entretenido y violento

4.49999999 star

SPOILERS

Lo de la misión en solitario, tiene sus complicaciones, pero parece que mister Kurono si puede.
Lo que si, fue lo de cuando parece que le arrancan los brazos, si fue de inicio de AUCH, y ahora que?, pero luego revelan que, pues solo fueron las mangas del traje, y si fue de, aaah, que chafa
Por eso en lugar de 5 estrellitas, se queda en 4

Interesante que el alien lo localiza en su vida normal, fuera de la hora de Gantz-esfera. Ya habíamos visto que en las batallas la gente no los veía, pero si dejaban consecuencias visibles para el resto de la gente, interesante.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good lord, and here I thought the Gantz manga could not possibly get any more violent, any more bloody, or any more terrifying. WRONG. I actually feel bad for Kurono; this really truly sucks like no other moment in Gantz so far. Plus, I think we've all learned a valuable lesson: when you hunt an alien, you make sure you kill ALL of them. I'm sure Kurono won't forget that any time soon. Yikes. This series is really doing its best to earn its 'parental advisory' sticker!

[Jose Brox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gantz nos reserva un par de sopresas, y la personalidad de Kurono comienza a evolucionar.

[Estefania Grajales · Rating 4 out of 5]

Forrest Kurono y el misterio de la masacre escolar.

[Andreas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es hat ein wenig gedauert bis ich mich überwinden konnte, die Serie weiterzulesen. Der Grafikstil ist großartig und insbesondere die Actionszenen sind sehr packend. Große Befürchtungen habe ich bei der Story, und genau in diesem Punkt ist Band 9 besonders schwach. Im Grunde passiert recht wenig und es gibt keinerlei Hintergrundinformationen. Wenn es so weiter geht dann steige ich in Kürze aus.

[Vendea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Když je někdo chytrej a začne číst desátej díl, aniž by četl devítku a musí ho číst v angličtině. Bravo, Vendeo... Divím se, že mám s Gantzem ještě trpělivost.

[فاطمه · Rating 4 out of 5]

This manga becomes more and more interesting than anime , it is fucking awesome

[Angel Torres · Rating 4 out of 5]

Man, these chapters are going crazy hard.
I'm 9 volumes in and this story keeps delivering and it's constantly improving.

[Michael Sorbello · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a review of the entire series.

Synopsis: Gantz tells the story of a teenager named Kei Kurono, among others, who die but find themselves brought back in perfectly healthy bodies and forced to participate in a "game" where they must hunt down and kill aliens.

Review: I almost gave up on Gantz several times, but now that I've read it all the way to the end, I'm glad I stuck with it. The beginning is dragged down by repulsive and unlikable characters, a messily paced story, unnecessary sexualization and gratuitous violence without much substance. As it progresses, however, the character development becomes pretty incredible and the growing threat of the enemies feels truly well done. Once the real enemies are revealed, it's mind-blowing how the series had been secretly foreshadowing their arrival from the very beginning.

Although it takes a while, some really good characters are introduced later on in the series and they're the ones that made me want to read to the end. Some characters that were absolutely unbearable in the beginning became polar opposites of their original selves and even made me sympathize with them quite a bit. The protagonist Kei for example, I hated him with all my heart for the first third of the series, he became progressively more likable in the second third of the story and then he evolved into one of the most memorable, unlikely heroes I've ever seen in this storytelling medium throughout the final third. The last third of the series is unbelievably terrifying with some of the most gruesome and disgusting battle/survival scenes in the history of fiction. It's much more bearable and intense in the final third because this time the violence and horror is happening to people we actually care about instead of a bunch of unlikable nobodies.

The final third of the story is what made me feel so glad that I didn't give up on this series. It had me on the edge of my seat more times than I can recall. There are a ton of chapters but they're very short and full of action which makes the series a quick read despite having almost 400 chapters. So even though the first third of the story was kinda bad in my opinion, it doesn't last for long and the payoff that comes after it's over truly impressed me. It's a flawed, thrilling and horrifying action series that takes a while to kick off. When it finally kicks off, however, it kicks off extremely hard.

[Jakub Rabyniuk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cz//Aj

I když by někdo mohl říct, že tento comics je furt to samé tak vlastně ne. Po posledním souboji se musí hlavní hrdina smířit s novou skutečností, že při něm zemřeli všichni jeho kámoši, milenky i náhodné vedlejší postavy.

Zbyl sám a to má vliv i na výsledek dalšího souboje s bizarními monstry, na které ho vyšle tajemná koule, totiž nestihne je všechny pobít a ty se mu rozhodnou pomstít. Poprvé tedy čelí útoku v civilním životě konkrétně na střední škole.

Na druhou stranu pořád je to stejná hambatá a krvavá zábava.  

Už jenom 28 čísel.

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Although someone might say that this comic is always the same, it’s actually not. After the last battle, the main character has to come to terms with the new reality that all his friends, lovers, and random side characters have died alongside him.

 

He is left alone, and this has an impact on the outcome of his next fight against bizarre monsters, which he is sent to confront by a mysterious orb. Specifically, he doesn’t manage to defeat them all, and they decide to také revenge on him. For the first time, he faces an attack in his civilian life, specifically at high school.

 

On the other hand, it still remains the same raunchy and bloody fun.

 

Only 28 issues left

[Rondo · Rating 4 out of 5]

86% (Kei’s Solo Mission)

Kurono is transported to his solo mission upon a rooftop. He discovers his targets, the Shorty Aliens, which are a group of aliens the size of children. With this knowledge, he is able to destroy all but one when they jump after him. The surviving alien communicates with him using telepathic abilities and tells him that he already knows all his moves. The alien destroys Kurono's black suit, but Kurono escapes and hides until his time runs out. Gantz tells him he failed, and reduces his score to zero. The surviving alien is furious about the death of his partners and swears to kill Kurono. The next time Kurono goes to his school, the alien appears in the body of a student and kills all of Kurono's classmates with the exception of Izumi and a girl named Tae Kojima. Kurono decides to fight against him. At the same time, a large number of policemen enter the school to battle the alien.

[Hafeez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Volume 9: Chapter 95-106
Phase 1: Missions
Arc 4: Shorty Alien Mission

Kurono was assigned to a new mission; to kill a shorty alien. Only him was assigned to this new mission. Kurono managed to kill a group of the alien until the last one where he can't beat it. Kurono just runs for his live until the time is running out. Then, he got teleported back to the room. His point also got deducted as he can't complete the mission.

On the next day, Kurono is still traumatized with the incident. He played a game with his friends to date a girl, Tae. At the same time, the last shorty alien from Kurono's last mission disguised as human and come to his school to kill him. The alien brutally kill all of Kurono's classmates except Izumi and Tae.

This volume getting intense and interesting as the aliens officially show off their existence to the human.

[Leonel Buelvas Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emocionante e inesperado.

Este tomo de Oku nos presenta un giro del mundo Gantz. Pero a pesar de ello, no es un giro injustificado ya que en las misiones que hemos visto, si se ha notado que las batallas en el mundo Gantz dejan huella en lo real.

Como nos tiene acostumbrado Hiroya, el manga no escatima en la violencia y en las escenas gráficas de los cuerpos desmembrados, ya parece su sello. Y con ello, tal vez la intención de mostrar que Gantz va en serio, que en verdad no se puede estar a salvo en ningún lugar.

Tal vez por eso tenemos a un Kei tan dudoso, tan temeroso por su vida, es decir, tan humano, en cada instante, y en especial, en este arco.

[Dani Wladdimiro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aquí Gantz no tiene ningún sentido, y en este caso, no está mal. Kurono debe vivir una pelea en solitario, y eso hace que tenga menos fuerzas para continuar. En otro tipo de situaciones, los demás lo potencian para sacar lo mejor de él, pero ¿y si él está solo? Por lo mismo, hace tan interesante la secuencia de la escuela, porque él nunca ha sido apegado a nada, salvo la gente dentro de Gantz (quienes ya murieron), entonces no siente esa obligación de ser el héroe, el quiere sobrevivir y nada más. Pero claro, al encontrarse con su sala llena de cadáveres, siente el peso sobre tus hombros, lo cual no es necesariamente justo, porque finalmente el no decidió este camino.

[Pablohoney Thebends · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
SPOILER !!!
Lamentablemente si murieron todos, sólo Kurono sigue vivo, lo vemos en su colegio siendo el mismo tipo algo egoísta que no se preocupa por nadie. Además, gantz lo manda a la misión solo y aquí sabemos dos cosas nuevas
1- si se acaba el tiempo no mueres, como creíamos hasta ahora, sólo te quitaran todos tus puntos y te dejaran en negativo.
2- Por segunda vez los aliens se comunican con los humanos y nos dicen que nosotros somos los malos.
3- los aliens pueden pasar este mundo paralelo y perseguirnos.
La masacre en el colegio por culpa de estos aliens, la muerte de todos los compañeros o casi todos.

[mugiwara2410 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another game begins. This time our protagonist is the only player who has to face many strong aliens. He could not kill the last one as he was scared and the aliens were very strong. He lost his points and went back to zero. The next time he has to try that again.

Meanwhile, in the real life, that alien from the game comes as a duplicate of a student to kill our protagonist. How did he?

That alien killed everyone in that school. Our protagonist and a girl jumped from a building to the ground. They were not harmed by the ground impact??

So many things without answers...

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kei takes on Shorty alien and finds out what happens when he doesn't kill it in time.

I like the fact that Kei is mentally and emotionally breaking - it makes the whole 'death of friends' and 'forced to kill potentially innocent aliens' themes more real. Shorty alien's compatriot is not happy and decides to show up at Kei's school and slaughter. I must read the next book. If nothing else, Gantz excels at having cliffhangers.

[Alma Guevara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Se traspasó la barrera del juego, me voló la mente, ¿Los aliens pueden ser visibles cuando ellos quieran? Increíble, todos los detalles de la pelea del aula, Kei tratando de huir pero con Kato hablándole, mostrándole su moral.

Esto se volvió muy interesante, se nos da más información de Gantz, y solo deja más dudas, eso es maravilloso.

Kei cayendo con la chica en brazos, gran esmero en el dibujo.

[Daken Howlett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Numero che senga una piccola rivoluzione nel mondo di Gantz.
Per la prima volta il nostro protagonista è costretto ad affrontare un'orda di alieni completamente da solo, senza nessuno ad aiutarlo, dopo i drammatici eventi del volume precedente che hanno portato alla morte di ogni altro personaggio della serie...e non è tutto!
Le regole del gioco di Gantz sono cambiate, ora gli alieni posso muoversi di giorno e di notte, posso comunicare con gli umani e possono essere visti da chiunque...cosa che renderà l'obbligo di segretezza imposto al nostro protagonista estremamente complesso da mantenere...inoltre gli alieni ora possono ferire chiunque, non solo i partecipanti al gioco, e qualcuno è pronto a fare una strage per vendicare i suoi compagni caduti.
Dal punto di vista della trama il volume introduce una serie di punti di moralità piuttosto ambigua, nel confronto tra il nostro protagonista e l'alieno che gli da la caccia siamo costretti a notare che gli alieni nella serie non attaccano praticamente mai per primi gli umani, ma sono quasi sempre semplicemente costretti a difendersi da quest'ultimi, ed inoltre spesso e volentieri i partecipanti umani al gioco si dimostrano inutilmente crudeli, torturando e infierendo su alieni indifesi o costretti all'impotenza e scegliendo di ucciderli anche quando gli viene data la possibilità di renderli inoffensivi senza eliminarli fisicamente...considerano tutti gli eventi precedenti nella serie possiamo realmente considerare ingiustificata la voglia di vendetta che anima il nostro nuovo alieno misterioso e il suo odio per il protagonista e l'umanità in generale?

[Gustavo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cuando parece que no le puede pasar nada más a Kei Kurono, Gantz lo enfrenta a todo un grupo de Aliens parecidos a Freezer de Dragon Ball. Finalmente podemos ver lo que pasa cuando se acaba el tiempo y el mundo de Gantz se mezcla con lo cotidiano. Otro excelente tomo lleno de escenas de acción, sangre y violencia.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author actually managed to one-up the gore and slaughter from the temple fight, as the plot intensifies and things start hitting Kurono very close to home, so to speak. Kurono's state of mind is obviously still impacted by what has happened and he's actually slowing becoming a more stand-up guy.

[Peter Barr · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Gantz challenge continues the 9th edition of the story. The last remaining member of the team, Kei Kurono, is assigned a new challenge which he will have to go on his own. This one ends up on familiar ground but with new challenges.

[omar aguilar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un gran giro de tuerca en la historia. Justificada inteligentemente. Y abre una gran posibilidad a ampliar la historia y el universo de Gantz. Espero tome un buen rumbo. Ya que cuando te vas encariñando con los personajes mueren.

[Scott Waldie · Rating 5 out of 5]

As incredible and unsettling as the series had been up to this point, Volume 9 really ups the ante even further with some new revelations of this game of 'Gantz', and it makes it all somehow even more terrifying. I mean if you thought you'd come down from the slaughter of the previous mission...

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This manga has no chill and it's not scared to destroy any glimpse of hope for the characters. The stakes are much higher, the tension is worse and the main character is completely helpless by this point